Write a program to find the node at which the intersection of two singly linked lists begins.
For example, the following two linked lists:
A: a1 → a2 ↘ c1 → c2 → c3 ↗ B: b1 → b2 → b3
begin to intersect at node c1.
Notes:
- If the two linked lists have no intersection at all, return
null
. - The linked lists must retain their original structure after the function returns.
- You may assume there are no cycles anywhere in the entire linked structure.
- Your code should preferably run in O(n) time and use only O(1) memory.
想法:逐个判断,如果p1==p2,那么返回其中一个即可,如果在比较的过程中,一个链表达到尾端,那么将其移动到另外一个链表到的位置,重新开始比较。即加入headB到达节点p2,链表headA到了终点,那么将headA移动到p2,重新开始比较。
/** * Definition for singly-linked list. * struct ListNode { * int val; * struct ListNode *next; * }; */struct ListNode *getIntersectionNode(struct ListNode *headA, struct ListNode *headB) { if(headA == NULL || headB == NULL){ return NULL; } struct ListNode* p1 = headA; struct ListNode* p2 = headB; while(p1 != NULL && p2!= NULL && p1 != p2){ p1 = p1->next; p2 = p2->next; if(p1 == p2) return p1; if (p1 == NULL) p1 = headB; if (p2 == NULL) p2 = headA; } return p1;}